Well tonight at our usual Sunday night dinner (typically 8-10 people) I decided to try out the cactus leaves with the recipes mentioned above - because of the other veggies etc the lime and chili version seemed to be the one to try....
no one ( Wahine mentioned the SLIME!
As soon as I started to peel them they started to ooze just like an aloe plant- and I couldn't get rid of it-it literally slimed everyone's plate- LOL
We were all killing ourselves laughing because you couldn't pick up your fork with out a tendril of slime back to your plate! YUCK!

OK.. is it supposed to do that? were they just old cactus leaves? What gives??